22Travel as member’s representative

22 Travel as member’s representative

(1) Transport costs for travel by a member’s spouse or nominee are prescribed if: (a) the travel is for the dominant purpose of attending any of the following events as the member’s representative: (i) a funeral; (ii) a function at which the member was to receive an award or honour; (iii) a function in the member’s electorate that the member was invited to attend; and (b) the member is unable to attend the event because of illness, parliamentary business or family reasons; and (c) the member’s attendance would have been for the dominant purpose of conducting the member’s parliamentary business. (2) The travel must be by: (a) scheduled commercial transport; or (b) taxi or other chartered transport car service; or (c) Commonwealth transport in accordance with a Commonwealth transport determination. Spouses for whom transport costs are not prescribed by this section (3) This section does not prescribe transport costs for the spouse of a senior office holder.

Note: For travel by the spouse of a senior office holder, see sections 24 and 28.